BLOUIN, Michael. Chase & Haven. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2008. First Edition. 8vo. Perfect bound into Wrappers. New. 199pp. Haven is fiercely protective of her little brother, Chase, spiriting him away when her father's temper is about to flare again. She hides the bread away so he'll have something to eat for lunch, and teaches him how to make himself invisible, how to read signs. But when that's no longer enough to keep him safe, Haven steals the family car, whose dashboard she can barely see over, and pilots them away to safety to their Aunt Mary's. Their aunt takes them in and tries to love them and make up for everything they've endured. But a childhood so harrowing is impossible to forget. Haven goes to medical school, hoping to heal herself by healing others. She marries young and has a daughter, April, whom Haven hopes will serve as some kind of redemption. Chase, more damaged even than Haven, battles his demons through cathartic but doomed performance art. But his searching just takes him to darker and darker places. And, always, they try to keep one another afloat. Chase and Haven is a haunting story -- inventively told and deeply felt -- of suffering and love, made of thousands of small impressionist facets that refract the quiet spectrum of the beauty and the detritus of two entwined lives.

BOHN, William [Ed]. The Dada Market: An Anthology of Poetry. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1993. First Edition. 227x140mm. Trade Paperback. Good. 228pp. This copy is somewhat beat up on the exterior, with the upper outside corners of pages 191 to the end apparently chewed (perhaps a dada statement in and of itself). A good reading copy. Contains 42 poets writing in seven different languages (French, German, English, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, and Dutch) presented, where appropriate, in a bilingual format with the original texts and its English translation on facing pages. A comprehensive collection of Dada poetry. With a conprehesive introdution by the editor and a selected bibliography.

Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2002. First Wraps. 8vo. 236pp. Trade paperback. Illulstrated in black and white. An anthology of experimental Canadian prose. As new. With an introduction by Margaret Atwood.

BOK, Christian. Eunoia. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2003. First Edition. 124x141mm. Compact Disc. Fine. A full length audio recording of the author reading his famous book of poetry. In jewel case with compact disc; includes a 16 page booklet that reproduces sections from each chapter of the text. 11 tracks totaling 72:47 minutes of audio.

BOK, Christian. Odalisque [5 silk screen prints]. [Vancouver]: [Bachelor Machines], 2009. Limited Edition. Fine. Five silk screen prints by Christian Bok issued in a printing of 20 copies, of which this is series #5, numbered and signed by the "author." Each measures 22" by 30" with a 4" image in black ink. The five prints consist of visual poems composed entirely out of letters and are from a series entitled Odalisque (#04, #11, #12 #13 #14).Pictured here is one print (#13) to give an idea of perspective. For further information on this title please email.

BOK, Christian. Crystallography. Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1994. First Edition. 225x151mm. Trade Paperback. Signed. Fine. np. One acetate sheet bound in. A fine copy of the author's first book. Signed by Bok on the title page. An excellent copy of the true first edition of the author's first book.

Toronto: Coach House Books, 2001. First Instabook Edition. 12mo. 105pp. Perfect bound into wrappers. Fine. One of likely only a handful of copies produced using instabook technology, a company whose vision of 'print on demand' was adopted early on in the creation of the new Coach House Books, the idea being that whenever a book was ordered it could be made. It would have been completely useless in the case of this book, which went into 15 printings.

BOK, Christian. Eunoia. Toronto: Coach House Books / Janice Wong, 2008. Limited Edition. 8vo. Perfect bound into Wrappers. New. np. One of 12 copies designed by "conversationalist" Janice Wong with full colour plates throughout and two folding colour plates. Issued as the 22nd Printing of Bok's bestselling poetry book, this is one of the strangest limited editions I've ever seen. Conceptually it is brilliant, with visual infomation throughout the book relating to percentage of lexicon used, lexical distribution maps, and a reproduction of "The Tedium is the Message" by Bok's partner in crime Darren Wershler-Henry. However, it only reproduces Chapter I (for Dick Higgins) and Chapter O (for Yoko Ono) from the original text, and is bound into Digitally reproduced colour covers that, while giving the book a 'new look' includes the original cover price of $16.95, and offers many quotes on the book from literary heads of state; as well as relating Eunoia to the Griffin Poetry Prize that it won; furthermore, the first three pages also contain larger quotes from reviews and articles on the great feat of Eunoia. While Wong's vision of the text is unique and interesting, nearly valuable in its smart and playful ability to relate the lexical data of the text within the framework our present world's desire for visual information, the trade-book architecture in which it is housed seems an odd choice for a limited edition of 12 copies. However, it is still a must have for any "Eunoian."

Toronto: CrO2 Press, 2001. Limited Edition. 24mo. Folded Leaflet. Fine. A single sheet printed on one side and folded twice. Issued as Umlaut Machine #7. One of 99 units produced by the author. Ten Maps of Sardonic Wit is an anagram that appears in a book built out of LEGO bricks. The leaflet contains the anagrammatic poem, as well as an inventory of LEGO tiles used to "publish" the book.

BORSON, Roo. A Sad Device. Dunvegan: Quadrant Editions, 1981. First Edition. 220x141mm. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author. Very Good 63pp. Singed by the poet on the title page in 1983. This copy is a little shelfword, with some rubbing and a few abrasions to the front cover.